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Peters could push for Pike re-entry

NEWLY sworn-in New Zealand deputy Prime Minister and queen-maker Winston Peters will continue to push for the manned or robot re-entry of the Pike River coal mine in which 29 mine workers were trapped and killed in 2010.

Lou Caruana
New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters.

New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters.

Peters is also Minister for State Enterprises, which covers Solid Energy, the current owners of the Pike River mine. In the negotiations with National Party leader Bill English and Labor leader and ultimately,...

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